Devotions for Teenagers and Youth

But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry – Jonah 4:1 (NIV) One of the most annoying things to me is seeing someone who should have got punished, avoiding punishment. I know there was a time when some of the guys who went to my youth group did something that I felt was really bad. I was angry because it seemed like they didn’t get any punishment for their actio...

When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. – Jonah 3:6 We see in today’s Bible verse that the king of Nineveh heard Jonah’s warning. We can all hear God’s warning. However, sometimes we ignore it. In today’s verse we see the king of Nineveh taking the warning ver...

Jonah 2:9 says, “But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’” Jonah’s experience inside the fish changed him. He moved from running and hiding to recognizing that everything he needed — rescue, meaning, direction — comes from God. That shift wasn’t just emotional; it led to a pr...

Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish, and he said, “I called out of my distress to the LORD, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice. – Jonah 2:1-2 Today’s Bible verse tells of Jonah praying inside the fish: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.” For students, that m...

Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard and the raging sea grew calm. At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him. – Jonah 1:15-16 (NIV) The men in the boat had just seen something amazing – the dangerous sea had become calm. The men in the boat were seasoned sailors. They knew what they were doing and had probab...